Trousers-protector.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

R. FOX

TROUSERS PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1904.

No MODEL.

ROBERT FOX, OF NEW ROCHELLE,

Patented September 13, 1904.

PATENT OEETcE.

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SAKS &

COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,000, dated September 13, 1904.

Application led April 27, 1904. Serial No. 205,133. (No model.)

To LZZ whom, it 11m/y concern:

- Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trousers-Protectors, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in trousers-protectors, and has more particularly for its object to provide a protector for mens trousers, which may be readily secured in position over the trousers and as readily re,- moved therefrom, the object being to provide a means for protecting the trousers from the elements-as,'for instance, when the person wearing the trousers is driving or automobiling.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the trousersprotector, portions of the outer layer being broken away to show the location of the the lineAA of Fig. l.

spring-clips, which serve to wrap the garment around the body and legs of the wearer and removably hold the garment in place. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of l Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line B B of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is avertical central section taken from front to rear through the lower portion of one of the legs oi' the protector and other, thus causing the edges of the garment to lap past each other at the back. Springclips 4 and 5 are secured to the depending l leg portions of the garment, which springs are of such shape that they will cause the edges ot' the leg portions to overlap each other at the back. The clip l is arranged to embrace the leg of the wearer above the knee and the clip 5 to embrace the leg of the wearer below the knee, thus permitting the wearer' to 50 assume a sitting posture without causing the garment to open up at the back of the legs.

This garment is preferably made waterproof and may be constructed of an outer layer of rubber cloth and an inner woolen lining. 1t 5 5 is to be understood, however, that the garment may be made of any desired material or materials.

rlhe bottoms of the leg portions of the protector are provided with foot-coverings 6, which foot-coverings are removably secured along the fronts of the bottoms of the leg portions of the protector by suitable fastening devices 7--such, i'or instance, as the usual socket-clasps. These foot-coverings should be so formed as to permit'the ready insertion and removal of the feet of the wearer.

It will be seen that a garment constructed as above described permits the application and removal of the garment without requiring the 7 ,0 insertion of the legs of the wearer into the leg' portions of the garment. When it is desired to apply the garment, the springs 4 and 5 are opened, thus opening the back of the leg portions of the garment. The leg portions or' the garment may then be passed around the leg portions of the trousers of the wearer, the feet oi' the wearer being at the same time inserted into the foot-coverings. rlhe spring 3 is then opened, thus opening the back of the 8O body portion of the garment and permitting the same to be wrapped around the body of the wearer.

It is evident that the number of embracingsprings may be varied"`and also that their location may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I Clo not Wish to limit myself` strictly to the my inventionI have signed my name, in pres- 10 construction herein set forth; but ence of two Witnesses,` this 20th clay of April,

What I claim as my invention is 1904. 5 A trousers-protector comprising a body- ROBERT FOX.

encircling portion, separate leg-encircling Witnesses: portions and foot-coverings removably se- FREDK. HAYNEs,

curedl to the leg-encircling portions. HENRY THIEME. v 

